TeslaZap. (Doesn't look much like real-ra, but it's only there for small-N frames, so no-one will notice, right? :)

OpenRa.Game/Effects/TeslaZap.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using OpenRa.Game.Graphics;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game.Effects
+{
+	class TeslaZap : IEffect
+	{
+		readonly int2 from, to;
+		readonly Sequence tesla;
+		int timeUntilRemove = 2; // # of frames
+
+		public TeslaZap( int2 from, int2 to )
+		{
+			this.from = from;
+			this.to = to;
+			this.tesla = SequenceProvider.GetSequence( "litning", "bright" );
+		}
+
+		public void Tick()
+		{
+			if( timeUntilRemove <= 0 )
+				Game.world.AddFrameEndTask( w => w.Remove( this ) );
+			--timeUntilRemove;
+		}
+
+		public IEnumerable<Tuple<Sprite, float2, int>> Render()
+		{
+			if( from.X < to.X )
+				return Foo( from, to, tesla );
+			else if( from.X > to.X || from.Y > to.Y )
+				return Foo( to, from, tesla );
+			else
+				return Foo( from, to, tesla );
+		}
+
+		static IEnumerable<Tuple<Sprite, float2, int>> Foo( int2 from, int2 to, Sequence tesla )
+		{
+			int2 d = to - from;
+			if( d.X < 8 )
+			{
+				var prev = new int2( 0, 0 );
+				var y = d.Y;
+				while( y >= prev.Y + 8 )
+				{
+					yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 2 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 0, 8 ) ), 0 );
+					prev.Y += 8;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				var prev = new int2( 0, 0 );
+				for( int i = 1 ; i < d.X ; i += 8 )
+				{
+					var y = i * d.Y / d.X;
+					if( y <= prev.Y - 8 )
+					{
+						yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 3 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 8, 16 ) ), 0 );
+						prev.Y -= 8;
+						while( y <= prev.Y - 8 )
+						{
+							yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 2 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 0, 16 ) ), 0 );
+							prev.Y -= 8;
+						}
+					}
+					else if( y >= prev.Y + 8 )
+					{
+						yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 0 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 8, 8 ) ), 0 );
+						prev.Y += 8;
+						while( y >= prev.Y + 8 )
+						{
+							yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 2 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 0, 8 ) ), 0 );
+							prev.Y -= 8;
+						}
+					}
+					else
+						yield return Tuple.New( tesla.GetSprite( 1 ), (float2)( from + prev - new int2( 8, 8 ) ), 0 );
+
+					prev.X += 8;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

OpenRa.Game/GameRules/WeaponInfo.cs

@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.GameRules
 		public readonly bool Supress = false;
 		public readonly bool TurboBoost = false;
 		public readonly string Warhead = null;
+
+		public readonly bool RenderAsTesla = false;
 	}
 }

OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Chrome.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Combat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Effects\Smoke.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Effects\TeslaZap.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Exts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GameRules\ActorInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GameRules\GeneralInfo.cs" />

OpenRa.Game/Traits/AttackBase.cs

@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Traits
 			var thisTarget = target;
 			ScheduleDelayedAction(self.Info.FireDelay, () =>
 			{
-				if (Rules.ProjectileInfo[weapon.Projectile].ROT != 0)
+				if( weapon.RenderAsTesla )
+					Game.world.Add( new TeslaZap( firePos, thisTarget.CenterLocation.ToInt2() ) );
+
+				if( Rules.ProjectileInfo[ weapon.Projectile ].ROT != 0 )
 					Game.world.Add(new Missile(weaponName, self.Owner, self,
 						firePos, thisTarget));
 				else